JS - Custom Events

readme.txt

https://tobiasahlin.com/blog/move-from-jquery-to-vanilla-javascript/

index.html

<a href="#">I am a link.</a>
<script>
  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
    const a = document.querySelector('a');

    ['load', 'click'].forEach((type) => {
        a.addEventListener(type, (event) => {
          event.preventDefault();
          console.log(event.type);
        });
    });

    a.dispatchEvent(new Event('load'));
  });
</script>